[VIDEO] T959 Boot Screen Replacement Tutorial

[connexion2005]

All links pulled due to XDA Request after an XDA member complained I was only out for profits to a moderator on a few products I have. Due to the fact I link to a product or two and a few other things in many videos, I was asked to pull any content relating to this.

I will still be offering all this great material at my website. Just go to google and search for MobileTechVideos.

 

[robertd0619]

will give this a shot...

 

[s0niqu3]

Hi,

This worked nicely for me, thanks for the mod.

Now if only we had an easier way to edit the splash screen inside the zimage to match the lfs splash it would be perfect.

For anyone that wants it, I used the simple "Google" splash that ships on the Nexus S. I've attached the file to this post.

Cheers, =)

 

[Mr. Apocalypse]

looks good...i'll try this sometime today and see whats really good

 

[connexion2005]

Thanks for the feedback and the Google boot screen. I'm going to try and gather a bunch up and make a repository on the site.

 

[s0niqu3]

Thanks for the feedback and the Google boot screen. I'm going to try and gather a bunch up and make a repository on the site.

EDIT: found the information I was looking for.

Great work again.

Cheers, =)

 

[INeFFeCTiVE]

STiCKY!!!!!!!!

 

[KWKSLVR]

Very cool.

 

[Sonnislav]

EDIT: found the information I was looking for.

Great work again.

Cheers, =)

links please?

tried to google 'flash screen edit zimage' but to no avail...

 

[connexion2005]

links please?

tried to google 'flash screen edit zimage' but to no avail...

I found some scattered info on this but currently the difficulty is still pretty high. Did you find a step by step solution? I'll video it if so. Otherwise I'll just develop my own method and write a script.

 

[s0niqu3]

I found some scattered info on this but currently the difficulty is still pretty high. Did you find a step by step solution? I'll video it if so. Otherwise I'll just develop my own method and write a script.

Hi,

No, sorry, I meant that I found that there's not really an easy solution to replacing the second static logo, since it ends up being built into the kernel.

I found a post in the captivate forums here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10851192&postcount=118

And using that script, I can generate the .h file easily enough, but I've never tried to compile a kernel before, and have run into problem after problem today trying.

Anyway, the best option would be to find an extremely nice dev, that has an automated build environment already setup and working, that would be willing to take pre-made .h files from users, and build them into custom kernel releases.

Likely too much to ask for though, lol.

Cheers, =)

 

[connexion2005]

Added link to new boot screen page on my website. Check it out in the bottom of the original post!

 

[Mr. Apocalypse]

would this mess with the kernel??

 

[connexion2005]

would this mess with the kernel??

No not at all. It only messes with the param.lfs partition which resides in BML6 of the phones BML structure.

 

[oka1]

Well done......... !!!!!

 

[eminembdg]

Is this just meant to be an alternate method to simply using root explorer and replacing the bootanimation.zip file?

That's how I replace my boot animation, and its about ten times easier and faster than this method. Of course your rom has to be one that uses a bootanimation.zip for the start up animation though.

Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

 

[s0niqu3]

Is this just meant to be an alternate method to simply using root explorer and replacing the bootanimation.zip file?

That's how I replace my boot animation, and its about ten times easier and faster than this method. Of course your rom has to be one that uses a bootanimation.zip for the start up animation though.

Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

Hi,

This isn't replacing the boot animation, its replacing the very first static "splash" screen that you see when you power on the phone.

In our case, its the black screen with the white "Vibrant" text in the middle and "samsung" at the bottom.

Please note, this splash is a 2-stage setup, one copy stored in the lfs partition (this tutorial replaces that file) and a second, built into the kernel (this is not currently possible to replace without building your own custom kernel from source.)

Hope that clears things up for you, cheers, =)

 

[eminembdg]

Hi,

This isn't replacing the boot animation, its replacing the very first static "splash" screen that you see when you power on the phone.

In our case, its the black screen with the white "Vibrant" text in the middle and "samsung" at the bottom.

Please note, this splash is a 2-stage setup, one copy stored in the lfs partition (this tutorial replaces that file) and a second, built into the kernel (this is not currently possible to replace without building your own custom kernel from source.)

Hope that clears things up for you, cheers, =)

Omg! I feel like such a noob! Ugh :-[

So sorry. I guess I did not read it right and automatically assumed it was for boot animation.

Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

 

[morfic]

Very interesting.

And while i have no way to edit the kernel image on a binary level, it's fairly easy to build into kernel.
Maybe this could be scripted into a sort of "Kernel Kitchen" type thing. (No, i suck at web coding stuff)

i need to talk to people if this can even be achieved, but it's the only way to avoid building your own kernel from source

 

[cjggilbert]

Great Tutorial

OK just for the sake of trying this, I followed the video and it worked perfectly.

Great tutorial when even a noob like myself can follow it and feel comfortable with it. Kind of a long first boot when there is no picture and then after inserting the replacement.

Thanks